The Holden Gemini has been bought, sold, crashed, fixed and modified by generations of Aussies. My mum had a poo-brown one and chances are, yours did too. The Gemini was the people’s car of Australia – cheap, durable and the number-one selling four-banger in the country at one point.

This year marks 40 years since the birth of the Gemini and to celebrate, we ran an epic eight-page story on the history of the model in the July issue. We’ve featured a bunch of them over the years, with hot fours, sixes and V8s under the bonnet. They’ve won plenty of tinware over the years too. Todd D’Elboux’s sedan won Top Street Machine Overall at Summernats in 1989 and Drago Ostric’s wagon nailed Grand Champion award at Summernats 17 and People’s Choice at Summernats 15. Check them – and plenty of other hot Geminis – out in the gallery.

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Street Machine is Australia's number one modified car magazine, bringing V8-powered good times since 1981.

Our lifeblood is tough streeters, but our mission goes far beyond that, with event coverage from all over Australia and beyond, high-quality technical articles, fantastic history yarns and insane motorsports of almost every kind.

With the street machine, hot rod and custom scenes continuing to grow at a crazy rate, we are working harder than ever to shine a light on those creating mechanical masterpieces in their own sheds.